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From: Massimo Cotrozzi
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 08:40

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paulc@plume.mit.edu (Paul Cloke) writes:

>It is interesting to note that the window watching program
>I have a copy of does not work if you change your xterm to
>run in "Secure Keyboard" mode (Press control and left mouse
>in an xterm and select the top item). I always use this mode
>when typing in passwords, although I'm not sure whether it could
>be circumvented by a knowledgable hacker.

>Paul Cloke
otherwise you can use sxterm, which makes it by default ..

Massimo
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From: cotrozzi@ghost.dsi.unimi.it (Massimo Cotrozzi)
Subject: Re: Window watching programs
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